ἀμοιβή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἀμείβω)

   A requital, recompense, Hom. only in Od.; σοὶ δ' ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς Od.1.318; ἄλλοισι δίδου χαρίεσσαν ἀ. . . ἑκατόμβης 3.58; εὖ ἔρδοντι κακὴν ἀπέδωκας ἀ. Thgn.1263, cf. E.Or.467; γλυκεῖαν μόχθων ἀ. Pi.N.5.48; ἀγαναῖς ἀ. τινὰ τίνεσθαι to requite him by like return, Id.P.2.24; χαρίεσσα ἀμοιϝά GDI3119c (Corinth); οἵας ἀ. ἐξ Ἰάσονος κυρεῖ E.Med.23; ἀμοιβαὶ τῶν θυσιῶν Pl.Smp.202e; retribution, ἔργων ἀντ' ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐπέθηκεν ἀ. Hes.Op.334: pl., αἰωνίαις ἀ. βασανισθησόμενοι Phld.D.1.19.    2 repayment, compensation, τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ' ἀ. Od.12.382.    3 that which is given in exchange, τῷ σκυτοτόμῳ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἀ. γίνεται κατ' ἀξίαν Arist.EN1163b35; τὴν ἀ. ποιητέον κατὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν 1164b1; δέκα μνῶν ἀ. Plu.Lyc.9.    4 answer, ἀσχήμων ἐν τῇ ἀ. Hdt.7.160.    II change, exchange, τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Str.11.4.4; of money, Plu.Luc.2.    III change, alternation, κακῶν E.El.1147; ἑορτῶν Pl.Lg.653d.    2 transformation, D.L.9.8.